Babak Samangouei
About Babak Samangouei
Babak Samangouei is a Senior Transportation Planner at Arup and Transport Planning Practice in London, with extensive experience in transport planning and engineering.
Company
Babak Samangouei works at Arup as a Senior Transportation Planner, starting in 2021. He also holds the role of Senior Transport Planner at Transport Planning Practice, where he has been employed since 2012. His extensive industry experience includes a prior role at Transport for London in Network Performance and Analysis from 2009 to 2010.
Title
Babak Samangouei holds the title of Senior Transportation Planner at Arup. Additionally, he serves as a Senior Transport Planner at Transport Planning Practice.
Education and Expertise
Babak Samangouei earned an MSc in Transport Planning and Engineering from the University of Southampton (2010-2011). Prior to that, he completed an MEng in Civil Engineering at University College London (UCL) from 2004 to 2008. His expertise includes junction capacity assessment using software tools such as LinSig, TRANSYT, ARCADY, and PICADY. He specializes in preparing technical reports, such as Transport Statements, Environmental Impact Assessments, and Travel Plans.
Professional Background
Babak Samangouei has over a decade of experience in transportation planning. At Transport for London, he focused on Network Performance and Analysis from 2009 to 2010. Since 2012, he has been serving as a Senior Transport Planner at Transport Planning Practice. In 2021, he joined Arup as a Senior Transportation Planner. His responsibilities often involve managing over 100 projects at various stages of the planning application process and liaising regularly with council transport and planning officers, TfL, and local highways authorities.
Achievements and Memberships
Babak Samangouei is a member of the Chartered Institution of Highways & Transportation. Over the years, he has managed more than 100 projects at different stages of the planning application process. His work often requires detailed technical reports and he is proficient in the use of several transportation modeling tools.
Additional Interests
Babak Samangouei has a passion for photography and founded Babak Saman Photography. He is also a native speaker of both English and Farsi (Persian).